[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by chicksinger

I know people will say just call a local vendor, but I hate to waste people's time if I'm not ready to buy or use their services. I'm pretty sure we can't afford to do it this year but that being said, I was wondering if anyone could give me an idea about how much it might cost to enclose the basic (comes with the house) lanai including the 6 inches added on because of the lot we chose? Btw, the house is now 6 years old and it's a Designer home style. Also, wouldn't mind getting some names of the most reliable, honest vendors for such a product since we don't know any and have never done the shopping around for enclosures. Thanks so much!

I have no idea of how big your lanai is or what options you would be interested in, but we just bit the bullet and are having our lanai enclosed. We chose Fullview, and our 30 foot by 12 foot lanai with about 1/2 windows and 1/2 sliders was quoted around $31k. This does not include additional electrical work which I was handling, and the new flooring which I was also handling, plus moving of the hot tub, etc. IMHO, if all the additional costs were included, the total would be close to $40k, so I am saving a lot by doing some of the work myself.
This project is expected to be completed this month.